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The 2018 Sunday Times/Sowetan Shopper Survey, conducted by Kantar TNS South Africa, has announced South Africa's favourite retailers... read
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LAUREN HARTZENBERG
Kitchen and homeware retailer Yuppiechef opened the doors to its new flagship store in V&A Waterfront on 1 October... read
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Edcon, South Africa's largest non-food retailer, has officially announced the launch of Edgars Home. The new store concept replaces the Boardmans brand...read
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South African consumers are blessed with a choice of high quality locally produced olive oils. In recent years the growing number of awards won at major international olive oil competitions...read
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Seafood consumers are increasingly demanding independent verification of sustainability claims in supermarkets...read
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ISSUED BY BIZCOMMUNITY.COM
Feeling a bit state-capsized, swept along by more waves than a cryptocurrency chart? Here are some life-saving festive content ideas... Read
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EBEN ESTERHUIZEN
2018 has been a year of great retail activity and by August we had reached a technical recession. A recession is two consecutive quarters of negative GDP growth... Read
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CRM
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Across all industries, at least 84% of consumers say their experiences with using digital tools and services fall short of expectations... Read
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ISSUED BY TFG (THE FOSCHINI GROUP)
TFG has committed to packing 155,000 meals for distribution to children across Africa in honour of World Hunger Month this October... Read
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Design & Manufacturing
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ISSUED BY SYMBIOTIC COMMUNICATIONS
Unsgaard, The Lion Match Company's manufacturer of a wide range of personal care products, has just commissioned a multimillion-rand pantyliner production plant in Cape Town... Read
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E-commerce
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TOM JACKSON
South African online florist Petal&Post is planning expansion across the country after its offering met with significant success in Cape Town and Durbanville... Read
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BERNARD FORD
E-commerce is growing rapidly and many will increase their online spend to get better deals, for its convenience and savings on shipping... Read
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Nahoo Television launched Ethiopia's first shopping channel 'Mazesha Zone', exclusively dedicated to commercials, presentations and demonstrations of products... Read
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Exhibitions & Events
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FNB is hosting the 7th Franchise Leadership Summit at Montecasino on 13 November 2018. Themed 'Equipping you to future proof your franchise', the summit encourages discussion... Read
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Fashion & Homeware
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Cartoons, shiny metallics, over-the-top accessories and statement-making prints are what characterise the much anticipated Moschino x H&M collection... Read
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ISSUED BY ONPOINT PR
Inspired by the notion of the romantic escape, the Poetry Spring/Summer 2019 range draws on shapes, smells and sounds of sun-drenched adventures... Read
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Technical footwear company, Olympic International, has reported 25% year on year growth, despite tough economic conditions... Read
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RUTH COOPER
We chat to go-to-designer-for-the-stars, Orapeleng Modutle, about his spring/summer showcase seen at AFI as well as his reaction to being recently listed as one of the Forbes 30 Under 30 African Creatives... Read
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FMCG
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SAMANTHA SNEDORF
Blossom and Hops gin is distilled by Trouvaille Spirits and owned by partners Tim and Teresa James, both of whom have careers vastly different to the liquor industry... Read
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LEIGH ANDREWS
On a chilly Wednesday in late-September, select members of the Cape media were shuttled to Ayama Wines at Slent Farm in the Voor Paardeberg region of Paarl, for the official opening of their deli and wine-tasting room... Read
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The National Emergent Red Meat Producers Organisation has requested that the government's national treasury release funding that will capacitate the Agricultural Research Council to manufacture Foot and Mouth Disease vaccines... Read
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Green Sustainability
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Woolworths kicks off National Marine Week with the announcement of a 'plastic bag free' store and reusable bag awareness campaign... Read
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Import/Export
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The Cape Chamber of Commerce and Industry has announced the finalists in this year's Exporter of the Year competition... Read
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Packaging
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Checkers recently commissioned four upcoming South African artists to create unique artworks which would adorn the wine labels of the newest additions to the retailer's exclusive Odd Bins range... Read
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ANH PHAN
In the adventure classic Back to the Future, Emmett "Doc" Brown uses energy generated from rubbish to power his DeLorean time machine... Read
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Research
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5M2T aims to take the guesswork out of doing business in South Africa's dynamic informal sector by providing brands and wholesale distributors with detailed data analysis of informal retail... Read
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The overall top 10 winners of South Africa's premier service excellence benchmark, as well as 29 industry category winners, were announced at the recent 2018/19 Ask Afrika Orange Index Awards... Read
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Retail Marketing
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The multibillion-rand structural redevelopment of Fourways Mall in Johannesburg is being accompanied by a new brand and corporate identity... Read
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Shopfitting & Merchandising
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VINCENT L. LANZ
If shopping is one of the world's greatest leisure activities, why are we seeing so much frustration in the aisles? It is because shopping to put food on the table and stock up on razor blades is functional... Read
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Supply Chain
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European retail giant Carrefour has joined other participants involved in building the IBM Food Trust blockchain network... Read
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Technology
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It is widely known that supporting small businesses is one of the key sources for economic growth and community development... Read
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